Album Review

Norwegian producer/composer/instrumentalist Oystein Sevag launches Link: 3 new compositions written for keyboard, flute and computers. The cuts are melodic and accessible but with plenty of edge and power. The pace of this album never falters, from the quiet, ethereal sax work of Bendik Hofseth to the scintillating Latin beat of Carl Stormer on "Afrika Flower" and on the eerie mystery of "The Long Night," produced by Oystein's computer work...

Biography

Born: 1957 in Norway

Genre: New Age

Years Active: '90s

New Age composer and keyboardist Øystein Sevåg was born in Norway in 1957, beginning piano lessons at age five. As a teen he played bass in a rock band but returned to his classical roots in time to study piano, flute and composition at the Music Conservatory of Oslo; by the 1980s, however, Sevåg had become fascinated by the possibilities offered by the development of the synthesizer, and he plunged into electronic music with his self-released 1989 debut LP Close Your Eyes and See. The product of...